Saturday, July 19, 2014

Hogwarts Scavenger Hunt

The scavenger hunt was a great success! I printed a Marauders Map and drew on the different locations, that we had created through out the house. For the first clue (the third floor corridor), I wrote a small #1 on the map.
The second clue was on one of the keys. It was hard to see, because I had written it very small and in pencil.
It said: "Where would Hermoine look?"
In a book, of course!
I had made this hollowed out book for Alyson as a Christmas gift.
It is a "Handbook of tables for Mathematics", that I found at a second hand store.(Alyson loves Math)
 At Christmas, it contained a lovely bracelet.
The clue informed the treasure hunters, that somebody had broken into Professor Snape's cupboard and some of his potions were missing. They had to find all six vials before he noticed the theft and blamed them. (Punishment: loss of all house points)
I found the glass bottles at Dollarama.
 The labels were free on line and I filled them with salt and sugar (dyed with food coloring).
 The lucky student, who found Felix Felicis (corn syrup and gold glitter), was awarded an extra 10 points!
When all potions were returned, they received the next clue: "How does a muggle get to Diagon Alley?"
Through the "Leaky Cauldron"
This quilt was one of Alyson's birthday gifts. I used the paper piece pattern from "sewhooked", but enlarged it by 250%.
The clue was pinned to the back.
It told the students, not to accept this illegal gift from strangers, while drinking in a  pub like this.
The answer is: Dragons eggs!
Hagrid kept Norberts egg in a cauldron in his fire place. We have a giant blow up cauldron, that was perfect for this occasion. I hid the eggs in there and added some red tissue paper.
The guest, then had to open the eggs.

With a hammer! (I will post the recipe for the treasure rocks later)
Inside the egg they found a tiny dragon and the clue:
"Not the post office!"

The last clue was hidden in the owlery, it listed all kinds of treats, that you can only find at Honey Dukes!


A visit to Honey Dukes was the surprise at the end of the treasure hunt.
Everybody got to fill a box with their favorite candy.
There were Chocolate Frogs, Acid Pops, Pretzel Wands, Cockroach Clusters and of course Jelly Beans.

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